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Bust of Fadrusz János

Bust of Fadrusz János
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
removed
Settlement:
Pozsony, Bratislava
Address:
Námestie Ľ. Štúra
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.140112, 17.110166
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History

Fadrusz János was the sculptor of the Monument of Maria Theresia erected in Pozsony in 1897. The great Hungarian sculptor died in 1903. Pleigler Janos created his statue that was erected in 1912 facing the Monument of Maria Theresia, so it was that he could see the destruction of his artwork by the Czechoslovak invaders. The Slovaks put his statue in the storage of the Town Gallery in 1959 and it has been there ever since.

Source:  csemadok.sk
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